Green Investment Bank sale: the reaction

BusinessGreen staff
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The government has sold the GIB for £2.3bn to Australian bank Macquarie Group - here's what the green economy thinks of the deal

Just five years after its launch and having supported nearly 100 green infrastructure projects in the UK to date, the Green Investment Bank has finally moved into private hands. It was for a long time...

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